Scrum Master

SUMMARY:
Are you a dynamic and driven SCRUM MASTER with a passion for agile excellence? We’re on the hunt for a seasoned professional to join one of our prestigious banking clients, where you’ll be at the heart of innovation—leading agile ceremonies, championing collaboration, and ensuring the seamless delivery of high-impact projects. If you thrive in fast-paced environments and love turning complex challenges into streamlined solutions, this is your opportunity to make a real difference in the financial sector!

POSITION INFO:
JOB DESCRIPTION INFORMATION:


Job Title: Scrum Master
Duration: 6 Months Contract, (Renewable)
Work Location: Johannesburg, CBD


JOB PROFILE SUMMARY:
As a Scrum Master, you will play a crucial role in facilitating the agile development process and ensuring the smooth execution of projects. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to foster collaboration, remove obstacles, and promote continuous improvement. This is an exciting opportunity to lead our teams in adopting agile methodologies and delivering high-quality solutions that meet our customers' needs.


DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Delivery:

• Lead multiple sprints.
• Ensuring SCRUM artefacts are maintained and updated Ensuring that sprints are running smoothly and corrective actions taken wherever appropriate.
• Effectively communicate to project manager/delivery manager about the progress as well as blockages in the on-going sprints. Ensuring all change governance and standards are adhered to.
• Ensuring code quality is maintained.
• Developing plans to ensure delivery of teams’ work.

• Understand current development/delivery model and guide teams to adapt agile strategy.
• Satisfactory resolution of issues raised during transition.
• Support Project/Delivery Manager in planning and transition of releases.
• Providing expert guidance and assistance to colleagues for successful transition.

• Responsibility for supervising, co-ordinating, participating in, and accountable for sprints of teams located at different geographic locations.
• Making effective use of resources during the sprint to ensure that business objectives are met and deliverables achieved to agreed time, cost and quality.
• Familiar with the details of at least one business area and has experience of liaising with peers in that area. Is respected and consulted by business area peers and seen as a point of contact within the team.
• Experience in creating and maintain sprint artefacts.

• Ability to maintain a dialogue in difficult situations.
• Experience in maintaining and supporting multiple sprints Knowledge of major functions and features of workflow analysis tools.

• Understands how service support applies to own technical function:
• Has experience of incident & problem management disciplines Has experience of maintaining configuration items, raising changes and planning releases.
• Has good operational knowledge of the service desk and incident systems.
• Has experience in developing and maintaining technical reference documents.
• Familiar with technical documentation standards, guidelines and best practices.
• Working knowledge of scripting/utility tool component, features and facilities.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 5 – 10 years’ experience in a Agile environment.
• Domain experience.
• Ability to maintain a dialogue in difficult situations.
• Experience in maintaining and supporting multiple sprints.
• Knowledge of major functions and features of workflow analysis tools.
• Resolves major problems and fluently applies escalation and notification procedures for incidents.

• Understand current development/delivery model and guide teams to adapt agile strategy.
• Satisfactory resolution of issues raised during transition.
• Support Project/Delivery Manager in planning and transition of releases.

• Will be agreed based on qualifications, applicable experience, and previous earnings.